​Lynn Smith Fox has a professional background in public policy and strategic communications, serving as a senior official of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors until her 2013 retirement. She also has twenty years of volunteer experience in the non-profit sector and in higher education.

Lynn has served as President of the Smith College Alumnae Association and as a member of the Smith College board, and she has multiple roles at St Lawrence University, where her husband William Fox is president. She is on the board of The Wild Center, Tupper Lake, NY and the Frederic Remington Art Museum, Ogdensburg, NY. She is also president of the Frederic Remington Art Museum Foundation.

Born in Spartanburg, SC, Ms. Fox graduated with honors from Smith College, has an MBA from George Washington University, and has recently attended Bank Street College’s program in museum leadership. She and Bill have a daughter, Hallie, who works in K-12 education.